Saturday, July 01, 2006

How did I avoid Shearwater's Palo Santo for so long? I have no idea, but it's "hauntingly beautiful" just like every other reviewer in the world has said. There are a couple surprising turns in the album, mostly the eerie foot-stomper "Red Sea, Black Sea" (formerly known as "Turn Your Transmitters Off" and available from their website at one time).The rest of the album is pretty much cut-and-paste Shearwater, but a little more atmospheric I think. Probably the doings of their drummer/percussionist. When I saw them live he was the most intriguing part of the band, especially using what looked like a piece of rubber on a violin bow on their xylophone to make that finger-on-crystal sound.

1 comment:

Anonymous
said...

Possibly the Buy Runescape Moneydoings of their drummer/percussionist. As i noticed these people are living he or she has been essentially the most stimulating portion of the group, especially in what seemed like a bit of silicone over a guitar ribbon and bow on the xylophone toBuy Diablo 3 gold generate that will finger-on-crystal audio.